A small Hunter

I started work on a small hunting knife some time ago and have only recently finished it. The blade is O1 tool steel tempered in the forge and with the forge finish left to provide some character. the handle is Spalted Lime. The pins and lanyard hole are brass rod. I had decided to keep this one for myself, but my cousin came to visit recently and declared it “beautiful” …..so it’s now living in Yorkshire.

If I’m to make many more edged tools like this, then I will have to get a decent belt grinder for the bevels and profiling. This one was all done with hand files.